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Where to download missing Mscomct2.ocx, Msdatlst.ocx for your legacy VB6 application

Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin

If you have an old home-grown vb6 application, you may not have an installer for it. If that is the case, you will have some trouble getting it to run on a new Windows 7 computer. Chances are you are … Continue reading →

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How to set REMOTE_ADDR variable in Apache2 behind an nginx proxy

Posted on January 17, 2012 by admin

A lot of people are starting to put nginx in front of apache for performance and efficiency reasons.  Unfortunately, this causes problems for some web applications.  Especially anti-spam plugins or any other application that needs to know the client’s ip … Continue reading →

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Where to download 32bit adprep

Posted on January 15, 2012 by admin

When adding a Server 2008 R2 domain controller a 32 bit 2003 server the command “adprep /forestPrep” needs to be run on your 32 bit server. The adprep program comes on your 2008 R2 DVD but when you run this … Continue reading →

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VMWare ESXi vmfs volume size limit

Posted on January 1, 2012 by admin

If you are using VMWare ESX or ESXi and have a single disk array that is 2 terabytes or larger, you are SOL.  You can’t use all the space. See this link: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=3371739 However, if you can reconfigure your raid … Continue reading →

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How to create multiple network interfaces in an LXC container.

Posted on December 13, 2011 by admin

You can specify more than one interface in your lxc configuration file.  Just add the interfaces one after the other and use lxc-create to create your container, like this: lxc.network.mtu = 1500 lxc.network.type = veth lxc.network.name = eth0 lxc.network.link = … Continue reading →

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